Tile brick or building tile



may 27 192411W G. D REAGAN -TILE BRICK 0R BUILDI'NG TILE Filed June i4, 1923 m INVENToR.

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'TILE BRICK OEL Application le June 1li,

ToaZZ whom it may oorwem:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. RENAN, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Oklahorna City, inthe county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Tile Bricks or Building Tiles, of which the following is a specification', reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in brick tile, or building tile, whether used for the outer wall, or Jfor partitions or inner wall construction ci that type in which pro vision is made for ready severance of the saine into sections by forming grooves or the like within the body of vthe brick or tile instead ofin its exterior surfacey The object of myfinvention is to construct the brick tile so that it will be cheap of construction, comparatively light in weight for handling layn ing and shipping; can'be readily and accurately Vbroken in three-quarters, halves and quarters, as desired; can be easily and accurately. laid horizontally; the' doublel crosse section web Amembers and the larger voids and the smaller voids being so s aced and arranged, respectively, as to ma e perfect bonds and ractically locking at the bonds, and the loa sare carried upon a line, or continuous members the tiles being laid horif zontally so that the webs and bonds are continuous, makin the whole making a solid brick wallyeifect of the face Vor the wall. The tpreferred' form of the brick ,tile is square an the perferred size is 10 X 10 X 3, but it may be made in any other desired size and form.

@ther objects and advantages of .the invention lwill hereinafter appear and the novelfeatures tliereofwill be specifically defined by the appended claim.

Referring to the drawing forming a part of this application,

Figure l isa perspective o the square form of the brick tile of the 10 x 10 x 3 size, or of other desirable dimensions, showing the front or face side of double thickness, and having a brick eect.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a halt size of the Fig. 1, used for building up corners Awith the front or face and one end of the brick 'tile of double thickness..

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Fig.-3 is a perspective of a quarter portion Land showof the brick tile shown at Fig. between the the portion broken away the voids also continuous,l

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BUILDING TILE.

1923. Serial life. @45;459.

Fig, 4 is. a. perspective of the same formed bricky tile showing vertical lines or corruga-A tlons and of greater depthor'length for laying in soldier courses, still preserving and' e0 maintaining the brick eect on the face of /the wall.

Fig. '5 is a perspective of a wall and partition wall, laid in courses, showing thecon-v i tinuous vertical or perpendicular voids, and e5 webs, the continuous vertical and perpendic-y ular cement, or cement and wire or cenuent and steel re-inforcing, and for conduits, wirintif and such like uses.

ike characters of reference designate like 70 parts in all the figures. A

It is the intention in practice, exce at the corners and around apertures suc as. fines, chimneys, etc., to lay the brick tile in` the walls one thickness, but in the usual man- .7s ner of brick-layin alternating-'each other 1n the course. In t e four corners 22, 23, 24" and 25, around each larger'void, 28, 29,- 30 and 31,'where the angles meet, is a iillet, forming rounded concave corners re-inforcso ing the strength of all surfaces' surrounding each of the our larger voids, and inside the webs nearest the respective four larger voids. The double transverse, or double crosssectioned webs, 5, 6 7 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 1'5, a5 and 16, form l ve smaller and lnarrower l voids, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, each of which being square, or havin' square corners, and formed without such Ilets being therefore', weaker, and bein contiguous to the webs 9o containing such lets,1122, 23, *24 and 25, being therefore stronger, make itl easily poswhen desired, to break the bricks ortiles into three-quarters, halves and quarters,- without the iurtherbreaking thereof. The et central void .21 disposed in alignment with but spaced fro'mthe voids 17, 19, 18 and 20, as seen clearly'in Figure 1, in the webs between the sections, 'serves to prevent. fracture ofthe brick or tile other than as intendme ed when given a blow b a trowel or hammer to sever any one of t e sections, the said void serving asa central loint and limiting the severance 'so that the reak does not .giro beyond such central v oid. 106

At the corners and at such other laces as is desired such as around lines and c imneys the half sized brick tile shown at' Fig. 2, are used, and when used at the corners the. face side, 27 and e, and one end, 32, are of double '110 thickness, and where the double thickness is use'd the extra thickness is formed-on the;

- voids, excepi said voids so reduced. iii size by said double iiiclriiess, However, when de sired the may ice roede ci eine same thickness as che other osier portions of said brick viles The face of the weils so xiaid at edi times are like, and represcne the brick wail formaeioi'i, except Where in certain` places it is desired to lay them in soldier courses, or in header course formation, in which cases they stiii resemble the ioricir Wall formation as laid im brici- Walls in such respective soldier or header course formation.

Where it is desired to lav elle iiri'clgiiie in soidieigoourse formation ai; corners two faces or sides of said brick tile are oi preferred double thickness, i and 32- o Fig. 1i, and are lined or eorrugaied, 33, 35i, 35 and 36, so as to have 'lie 11p-righi, ioriclr eliect in the ousside or faces ci the Weils. But. these may be made in single ihiclrness if desired. `VTi/here laid in. soldier course, or header course formation 'the lines and corrugations are of suuicient depth and Width *to permit the application oi e cosi; of mortar to pre- Meeres@ serve faire greater resemblance ifo the eric/li formation of the outer Wall.

The larger voids, 28, 29, 30 and 3l., bei e vertical and continuous permit the possi 1r ity of ventilaiion, and of reinforcing by cement or cement and steel, either eoieifiim-- ousiy from the bottom to the top oi Vtile or alternating at desired distances, say eve three or four feet throughout the wail, also to permit the use or' said voids as corr duits for inserting of Waste-pipes, Wires, and such like uses. "W"

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure icy Lei;- eers Patent is, i

A liollow building tile of rectangular horizontal cross section, the said tile having e plurality of large voids Vdefined by the ouizer vial'ls of said tile on two sides thereof and ori the other sides by Webs having smaller voids thereiri, said Webs uniting at a common point and having a void ai; the point oi junction oi said. webs whereby said tile maybe divided into a plurality of smaller files each having two of its sides forned of portions of said Webs, said void acting to prevent frac ture of the tile in any other manner shan desired.

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